It's a Wonderful Life is a story that still holds up today. Ignoring it's fantasy and religious overtones, it's a story about a man who at the lowest point of his life finds the strength and courage to keep fighting, overcome his depression and return to his family. It's a joyous movie, with a still relevant moral.
To me, The Office is, and will always be, unwatchable. The American remake is far better.
er - I think I tried to watch "it is a wonderful life" many years ago but after some minutes - no I couldn't get on with it. I sort have realised the "backdrop" was "backdrop".
I've never watched the entire movie either, but here's an interesting piece of trivia regarding it: "Before “It's A Wonderful Life,” Cornflakes painted white were used for snow. "To avoid the “crunch,” Frank Capra used three types of snow in “It's A Wonderful Life”: Ivory soap flakes, chipped ice, and something called foamite, which is similar to what is used in fire extinguishers today."
its my favourite film, its so much more than a Christmas film
I did watch it yesterday on Film 4, and it still makes me weep in parts,
wonderful James Stewart gets my oscar.....
it was made in 1947 and so isn't that old really... i love old films, they have been a passion of mine since a child. And IAWL is top of the bill as far as i am concerned.
i watched a documentary about the film, which explained a lot about camera angles and technique and watching more closely as the film unfolds, and i can't get out of my head the Way Jimmy Stewart acts in the scene where his brother comes home with a new bride, knowing that means he will be stuck at the savings and loans for a lot longer than he wanted. Marvellous film